Why do some directories do this

Hi

You go to submit but first you use the search box to check if your site is already listing, says nothing found. So you go ahead and submit only to get the domain already exists in directory.

Of course not all directories do it but a LOT do. Even ones where I know my site is listing, give the nothing found when searching the site for the url.

Anyone any ideas why?

Dee

 

I guess the search function doesn't work for those directories and the owners didn't fix it.

 

Hi,

They might want to let user search in all the respective pages of their directory so that their page views can be increased.

 

usually a template error which disables the search function

 

Hi discover, any idea what sort of error causes that?

 

I am Agree with him...

 

search fix v3 :
in search.php

replace:
$pattern = array ( '/(AND[\s])+/', '/(OR[\s])+/', '/\s+/', '/`+/', '`^[^\w\d]`', '`[^`\w\d]$`' );

with:

$pattern = array ( '#(AND[\s])+#i', '#(OR[\s])+#i', '#[\s]+#', '#[`]+#', '#^[^\w\d]#i', '#[^`\w\d]$#i' );

 

Because your link for awaiting approval

 

Thanks, i need to get this sorted.

 

Yes I thought as much.

Regarding the comment because you link is awaiting approval, as mentioned in my post this happens even when my link is added to the directory

Thanks

Dee

 

nice fix!!I have had that issue with my directory,and that fixed it!!!been meaning to post as well what could be the cause

 

usually people using phpld v2.2 will have this problem issue...

 

for v2 look for name = "search" and change to name = "q"
(usually found in top_bar.tpl)

 

Ya me too have the same experience, that may be a bug on the directory sites, Webmaster of that site has to fix it. However, I feel that if that directory is not having proper searching features, users will not use it, So, submitting our site to such a directory will be useless, What do you say guys? However, in terms of SEO, it helps